A/HRC/42/CRP.1 In addition, the parties have violated Article 26 ICCPR that prohibits discrimination, including on the ground of sex, to equal protection of the law. These violations are further to the international human rights law violations evidenced throughout this chapter, including the violation of the right to liberty and security of person, through arbitrary detention and hostage taking;1026 the violation of the prohibition of torture and other forms of ill-treatment;1027 and the violation of fundamental freedoms, in particular the right to freedom of expression and assembly.1028 These acts also amount to international humanitarian law violations1029 and may lead to criminal responsibility for the war crimes of rape and other forms of sexual violence, torture, cruel or inhuman treatment, outrages upon personal dignity and hostage taking.1030 663. In August 2018, the coalition’s reply to the Group regarding allegations of sexual violence was that the coalition is committed to all relevant legal procedures, that it had never received allegations accusing its personnel of sexual and gender-based violence, and that personnel were trained and qualified in accordance with international military rules. The Group sent follow-up questions to the coalition requesting details of these procedures and training. The coalition had not responded at the time of writing this report. Furthermore, even assuming that the coalition had not received allegations of such violence prior to August 2018, the Group presented the coalition with clear facts in its August 2018 report to the Human Rights Council. The Group calls upon the coalition and indeed all parties to conduct thorough, impartial, and transparent investigations into the findings it has enumerated in its reports. 664. The Group notes those allegations of gender-based violence verified in the present report are indicators of additional such violence by all parties to the conflict, thus requiring further investigation. VIII. Impact of the armed conflict on children 1. Introduction 665. The armed conflict in Yemen is having a devastating impact on children’s realization of their fundamental rights. These include the rights to: life, survival and development; protection from violence, injury and abuse, including sexual violence, as well as early and forced marriage; liberty and security of person; not to be recruited into the armed forces or armed groups; as well as the rights to health, food and education. These rights and protections are guaranteed under international human rights law, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child (hereinafter the “CRC”), to which Yemen is a party.1031 In a situation of armed conflict such as Yemen, children are equally entitled to protection under international humanitarian law, including customary international humanitarian law. 2. Violations of the right to life "I didn't find the body of my son, I was only given his foot, or what could have been his foot to bury something symbolic." Father of an 11-year-old child killed during the 09 August 2018 coalition airstrike in Sa’dah 666. In nearly all cases of attacks affecting civilians documented by the Group of Experts, children have been among the casualties. They have been killed and maimed 1026 Art. 9 ICCPR. Art. 7 ICCPR, see also CAT, in particular Art. 2. 1028 Art. 19 and 21 ICCPR. 1029 Art. 3 common to the Geneva Conventions, Art. 4 Additional Protocol II, in particular. 1030 See war crimes listed in Art. 8 para. 2.(c) (i)-(iii) and (e) (vi) Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, as also considered as war crimes under customary international law; see also ICRC Study on customary IHL, rules 90, 93, 96. 1031 Yemen ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child on 1 May 1991. 1027 159